Arthritis - How Exercise Effects It
by Charles Snyder
This look at arthritis and exercise is a look at exercise from
the point of view of one who has suffered with arthritis and has
studied the philosophy of Natural Hygiene, in relation to how
our bodies were designed to function.
You have heard the saying "no pain no gain".
To a limited extent that is very true. As long as you don't do
more damage in a day than your body can repair you can gain a
lot by exercising.
As I have said in the article;
Arthritis has two main causes, inorganic minerals and uric acid.
Movement of the joints increases the flow of fluids in the joints.
You could compare the difference between a sedentary lifestyle,
and an active lifestyle, to that of a stream. When the stream
is flowing rapidly, the sediment is washed down stream and the
rock bed is fairly clean. When the stream gets backed up, the
sediment settles out and the stones are covered with muck.
Exercise helps to flush out the uric acid and inorganic minerals
from the joints. This will slow the brake down of cartilage and
the formation of crystals in the joints.
If there are crystals in the joints, exercise will break them
up and grind them down small enough to be flushed out.
Another benefit to exercise for the arthritic is that the increased
flow of fluids to the joint brings more nutrients to the joints
to aid in healing.
We were designed to move. If we don't move our joints, like a
stagnant stream, we accumulate a lot of garbage in our joints
and connective tissue.
One caution. Start Slow.
We don't want to do more damage in one day, than you can repair
in a night.
Before you start to run, if that is what you wish to do, I would
suggest that you start with walking. Walk for a half hour. 15
minutes out and 15 minutes back. Keep doing that until you can
walk 2 miles in that half hour before you try running.
If you have more pain the morning after you may want to slow
down. However, Don'ts quit. Personally I would recommend the walking
every day just to keep the fluids flowing in your joints.
If running is your goal you should work up to it. Don't try to
run a marathon the first time out.
One final note; I have worked and exercised before and after
overcoming arthritis. Before I stopped causing arthritis, it was
easy to make it worse by overdoing it. I do not recommend taking
painkillers, so you can hide the pain while you exercise. If you
cannot feel the pain you can do great damage. I know from experience.
Since I stopped causing arthritis, exercise has never made the
pain worse. It has only made it better the following day. You
just have to be careful.
When I do too much of the things that cause arthritis, and the
pain starts to return, exercise, along with removal of cause,
always makes recovery time shorter.
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